- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Scribner; Reprint edition (April 15 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 068484463X
- ISBN-13: 978-0684844633
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #278,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and because it takes a man's life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave."-- ERNEST HEMINGWAY
In the winter of 1933, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Pauline set out on a two-month safari in the big-game country of East Africa, camping out on the great Serengeti Plain at the foot of magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro. "I had quite a trip," the author told his friend Philip Percival, with characteristic understatement.
Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's account of that expedition, of what it taught him about Africa and himself. Richly evocative of the region's natural beauty, tremendously alive to its character, culture, and customs, and pregnant with a hard-won wisdom gained from the extraordinary situations it describes, it is widely held to be one of the twentieth century's classic travelogues.
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WE were sitting in the blind that Wanderobo hunters had built of twigs and branches at the edge of the salt-lick when we heard the truck coming. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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A Romp Thru Imperial Africa,
By nick mace (Dixon, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Hills of Africa (Hardcover)
Hemingway takes a trek through an Africa still largely ruled by "burdoned" white men. He tries to explain why assaulting the native creatures of the dark continent is acceptable (he ate what he killed after all!) But the most intriguing parts of "Green Hills" were not stalking wildlife through tall grass. Rather, Hemingway's most poignant recollections lie in describing the interpersonal relations, the ups and downs, between American and European hunters. Throughout the entire quest for game, Papa stresses that time is limited by an impending rainy season as well as available funds. He goes on then to remark that hunters are not the only people whose life plans are upset by capitalism. He points out that artists and writers also fall victim to a world whose interpersonal works ravage most of us.
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For hunters only,
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This review is from: Green Hills of Africa (Paperback)
I am a huge fan of Hemingway. For whom the bell tolls is among my favorite books ever. But this one just didn't come close to Hemingway's greatest books. The green hills of Africa is a book about hunting. A team of hunters go to Africa to hunt kudu. And we follow in the teams tracks as they search for prey. It manages to capture the reader's interest, but unless you are a hunter yourself, it will not be a great book. There is not enough going on. But the book isn't bad, it's a good book. Just not one worthy of Hemingway. If your're a huge fan of him, read it, but if your're not don't! Read for whom the bell tolls instead, if you haven't already.
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The next best thing to being there,
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This review is from: Green Hills of Africa (Paperback)
I read this book on a trip through South-East Asia, and it almost made me feel like I was in Africa instead. It's a true story, an account of a real safari, and Hemingway manages to make his readers feel his exitement, share his disappointment, and feel the same burning envy he must have felt seeing the trophy of his friend dwarfing the one of his own. A great story, maybe not quite so pretentious than some of his better known works, but still a hugely fun read.For ten bucks, you can't get any closer to Africa than that.
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